IFL Science
By Benjamin Taub
September 2, 2025
A17-year-old girl from France with an unusually rich, detailed, and accurate memory can mentally travel both forwards and backwards in time, according to the authors of a new case report.
Described as a successful high-school student, the youngster exhibits a condition known as hyperthymesia, which refers to a significantly above-average autobiographical memory. This differs from superior memory in general as it relates specifically to the retrieval of past life events rather than the capacity to learn and store new information.
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